Trained seeing eye dog finds job comforting Capitol Police officers suffering in riot's aftermath

A black lab named Lila is on a new kind of "paw patrol" at the U.S. Capitol. Lila was trained as a seeing eye dog in California, but her love of chasing squirrels made her a better fit for the job of brightening people's days. 

The 3-year-old canine has had a lot of work to do after the January 6 riot. More than 150 Capitol Police officers and D.C. Metropolitan Police Department officers were injured during the violent attack. Since then, more than 70 officers have left the Capitol Police and four officers who responded to the attack died by apparent suicide. 

Capitol Police officers Jeff Albanese and Caroline Edwards both worked the day of the riot. Edwards, overrun by rioters, suffered a traumatic brain injury.